EP3519100A1 - Apparatus for the micronization of powdered material with the capacity to prevent incrustations - Google Patents
Apparatus for the micronization of powdered material with the capacity to prevent incrustationsInfo
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- the present invention relates in general to the area of devices and apparatuses for the micronization of powdered material, that is for the grinding and crushing of powdered materials and similar substances in order to transform them into a finer micronized powder, and in particular its object is an apparatus for the micronization of a powdered product or the like, which specifically comprises a micronizer mill of the type with high- energy jets of a gaseous fluid and which offers improved performances and features aimed at preventing the formation of incrustations and deposits inside the micronizer mill during use to micronize the powdered material.
- the present invention also relates to a corresponding process for the micronization of powdered material or a similar product, which provides for the use of a micronizer mill of the type with high-energy jets of a gaseous fluid and which has the advantage of effectively preventing the formation of incrustations and other accumulations of powdered material inside the micronizer mill which could create serious problems and disadvantages during its use for micronizing the powdered product.
- jet mills normally comprise a grinding or micronization chamber, circular in shape, or the like, where a series of jets, with high energy, act, generated by a compressed gaseous fluid, such as typically air or nitrogen, which draw and stir the particles of the powdered product and cause a continuous collision between them and therefore their micronization into finer and smaller particles.
- a compressed gaseous fluid such as typically air or nitrogen
- jet mills also usually comprise a system of selection or classification, of the static or dynamic type, associated with a central area of the micronization chamber and apt to classify and separate selectively on the basis of their grain size the crushed and micronized particles.
- the particles, stirred and drawn by high-energy jets of the gaseous fluid which are generated and act inside the micronization chamber are subject to a centrifugal force which also determines a selection thereof, so that the finer and already micronized particles tend to move towards the inner central zone of the micronization chamber, from where they are evacuated, while those of greater dimensions, not yet micronized, tend to remain in the outer peripheral area of the micronization chamber and therefore to rotate around the axis of the latter, thus undergoing further collisions, until, through the effect of these further collisions, they reach a certain fineness and sufficient micronization so that they are drawn back towards the central area of the micronization chamber and then evacuated.
- the patent US 3,856,214 proposes a device for the micronization of powdered material comprising a micronization mill in which the powdered material, to be micronized, is subjected to a vortex motion due to the action of a gaseous fluid, so as to cause the crushing of the particles of the powdered material into finer particles, in which the micronization mill in turn comprises a screen which is placed in an outlet duct which conveys the fine particles, already micronized, outside of the mill, and has the specific function of avoiding incrustations and accumulations of powdered material in the zone of this outlet duct.
- a first object of the present invention is to make a new improved apparatus, for the micronization of powders, of the type comprising a mill with high- energy jets of a gaseous fluid, such as typically nitrogen or air, which is able to avoid the disadvantages, illustrated previously and present in the prior art, and which therefore has the capacity to prevent the formation of undesirable incrustations and/or accumulations of powdered material inside the jet mill and therefore also to avoid having to intervene periodically to remove these incrustations and accumulations from the same jet mill.
- a gaseous fluid such as typically nitrogen or air
- a further and second more general object of the present invention is also that of increasing the efficiency of a process of micronization of powders and similar materials which typically use a mill with high-energy jets of a gaseous fluid, avoiding those phenomena, such as the formation of accumulations and incrustations in the jet mill which, as is known, have a negative influence on and reduce the efficiency and the productivity of the micronization process.
- a third object of the present invention is that of preventing and avoiding the formation of incrustations and accumulations of material on the surfaces of the micronization chamber of a jet mill, during the micronization of specific powdered substances which, as has been observed experimentally, are particularly critical and subject more than others to these phenomena of formation of incrustations and formation of accumulations of powdered material.
- Fig. 1 is a partial schematic view sectioned along the vertical plane defined by line I-I of Fig. 2 and Figs. 5 A and 5B, of an apparatus, according to the present invention, for the micronization of powdered material, comprising a micronizer mill, of the type with high-energy jets of a gaseous fluid, having the capacity to prevent the formation of incrustations and accumulations of powdered material inside the same micronizer mill;
- Fig. 2 is a partial schematic view sectioned along the horizontal plane defined by line II-II of Fig. 1 and of Fig. 5C and 5D, of the apparatus, according to the present invention, for the micronization of powdered material;
- Fig. 3 is a sectioned schematic view on enlarged scale of an area of the micronization apparatus of Figs. 1 and 2, which has a porous wall apt to be traversed by a flow of gaseous fluid in order to prevent the formation of incrustations and accumulations of powdered material inside a micronization chamber of the micronizer mill, with high- energy jets, included in the same micronization apparatus;
- Fig. 4 is a diagram of the micronization apparatus of the invention which shows a circuit of control of the gaseous flow aimed at avoiding the formation of incrustations and accumulations inside the micronizer mill of the micronization apparatus;
- Fig. 5A is a first three-dimensional graphic view which shows the apparatus, according to the present invention, for the micronization of powdered material, comprising a mill with high-energy jets of a gaseous fluid having the capacity to prevent the formation of incrustations and accumulations of powdered material inside the micronizer mill;
- Fig. 5B is a further plan graphic view from above of the micronization apparatus of Fig. 5A;
- Figs. 5C and 5D are further graphic views sectioned along the vertical plane defined by line V-V of Fig. 5A, of the micronization apparatus of the invention;
- Fig. 5E is a further graphic view from below of the micronization apparatus of Fig. 5A;
- Fig. 5F is a further sectioned graphic view, from above, corresponding to Fig. 2, of the micronization apparatus of Fig. 5 A;
- Fig. 6 is a diagram of the micronization apparatus of the invention in a further embodiment with respect to that of Figs. 1-3 and of the corresponding graphic views of Figs. 5A-5F; and
- Figs. 6A-6C are sectioned three-dimensional graphic views of the further embodiment of Fig. 6 of the micronization apparatus of the invention.
- an apparatus or plant, according to the present invention for the grinding or micronization of a material containing and formed by particles to be micronized and typically constituted by a product, a compound, a substance or in general a material P in powdered form, is denoted overall by 10 and comprises:
- micronizer mill denoted overall by 20, of the type with high-energy jets of a gaseous fluid, such as typically air;
- a feed system denoted overall by 30, for feeding the powdered material P, to be micronized, to the micronizer mill 20;
- a system of collection and evacuation denoted overall by 40, for collecting and evacuating the micronized powdered material, denoted by P', or the powdered material P after it has been micronized by means of the micronizer mill 20.
- micronizer mill 20 with high-energy jets, also often referred to as "jet mill", has substantially known basic structural and operative features, which will therefore be described briefly and are to be considered part of the set of knowledge of persons skilled in the art.
- micronizer mill 20 comprises:
- an inner micronization chamber 20a with circular shape, also referred to simply as grinding or micronization chamber,
- an outer pressure chamber 20b with annular shape, also referred to simply as pressure chamber, which surrounds the inner micronization chamber 20a, with annular shape, and is provided in order to be fed by a pressurised fluid through an inlet aperture or mouth 20b' of the same outer pressure chamber 20b;
- ducts or through holes 20c a plurality of ducts or through holes 20c, appropriately slanted with respect to the radius of the micronization chamber 20a, which connect the outer pressure chamber 20b, to the inner micronization chamber 20a and through which the pressurised fluid coming from the outer pressure chamber 20b is conveyed into the inner micronization chamber 20a, so as to generate, inside the latter, the high-energy jets that cause the micronization of the powdered material P.
- the slanted ducts or through holes 20c which communicate the outer pressure chamber 20b with the inner micronization chamber 20a, can be made in various shapes and be part of different combinations.
- they can be constituted by simple through holes without being formed in additional parts or elements, which extend and traverse the area, or the wall or the walls usually in Teflon, which separates the pressure chamber 20b and the micronization chamber 20 one from the other, in particular in micronization mills of small size, such as those with micronization chamber of diameter of approximately 100 mm, or can be integrated in actual nozzles, provided with a metal body 20c', as shown in Fig. 2, in the case of micronization mills of greater size, such as those with micronization chamber of the diameter of approximately 300 mm.
- the feeding system 30, also with substantially known features, comprises in turn: a feed duct 30a which penetrates the interior of the micronizer mill 20 and in particular extends through the respective outer annular chamber 20a and the respective intermediate annular wall 20c, in order to feed the powdered material P, to be micronized, to the inner micronization chamber 20b of the micronizer mill 20, as described in greater detail here below; and
- a hopper 30b which is filled with the powdered material P to be micronized, as indicated by a corresponding arrow P in Fig. 1, wherein this hopper 30b is usually associated with a Venturi tube, denoted by 30C, in turn integrated and defined by the feed duct 30a.
- the collection and evacuation system 40 also with substantially known features, has the function of collecting and evacuating from the micronizer mill 20 the micronized powdered material P', or the powdered material P once micronized, which concentrates in fact in the central area of the micronization chamber 20a, as described in greater detail here below.
- the collection and evacuation system 40 is associated with a classifier, of known features and therefore not shown in the drawings, having the function of classifying or selecting the particles of the micronized powdered material P', on the basis of their dimensions and grain size, so as to evacuate from the micronizer mill 20 only the particles which have reached a certain level of micronization.
- This system of collection and evacuation 40 can have various configurations, in particular as a function of the product type which has to be micronized.
- the collection and evacuation system 40 can comprise a collector member 40a, vaguely in the shape of a hopper, which is associated at a respective lower end with the central area of the micronization chamber 20a, so as to collect the micronized product which exits upwards, through the classifier, in the direction of an end collection cyclone.
- system of collection and evacuation 40 can be configured so as to collect the micronized product which exits and flows from the micronization chamber downwards, so that the classifier which receives the micronized particles is open downwards and the micronized product is collected under the mill.
- the collection and evacuation system 40 comprises in any case always an opening upwards to allow the release of the gas coming from the micronization chamber, so that this gas which is released and exits upwards will contain a certain quantity, even if in a minimal percentage, of micronized particles, which therefore will be lost.
- the feed duct 30a of the feed system 30 is fed from the outside with pressurised air, denoted in the drawings by B, so as to create a flow of air which flows along the feed duct 30a and which, while it traverses the zone of the Venturi tube 30c, creates a vacuum which draws back the powdered material P from the hopper 30b, so as to generate a flow of air, indicated by an arrow B' in the drawings, which draws the particles of the powdered material P to be micronized and feeds them, through an outlet opening 30a' of the feed duct 30a, to the inner micronization chamber 20a of the micronizer mill 20, so that the particles are micronized.
- pressurised air denoted in the drawings by B
- the micronizer mill 20 is fed with a fluid, in particular air or nitrogen, denoted by A, at high pressure, which is fed into the outer pressure chamber 20b, to then emerge, in the form of high-energy jets, indicated by arrows G, in the inner micronization chamber 20a, through the channels 20c which connect the outer pressure chamber 20b with the inner micronization chamber 20a.
- A a fluid, in particular air or nitrogen
- This vortex motion in turn causes a continuous collision between the particles of the powdered material P, which in this way are crushed and take on increasingly small dimensions, that is they are micronized.
- the particles of the powdered material P are subject to a centrifugal force which tends to move them towards the periphery of the micronization chamber 20a and therefore to maintain them in the micronization area, while the particles are above a certain dimension or are not yet sufficiently crushed.
- the vortex motion in the micronization chamber operates also as classifier of the particles so as to determine the evacuation thereof, once micronized.
- the micronization chamber 20a of the micronizer mill 20, included in the broader micronization apparatus 10 is delimited by respective walls which have at least one porous or filtering portion which is apt to be traversed by a regular flow of a gaseous fluid denoted by F, aimed towards the interior of the micronization chamber 20a, so as to avoid the formation of incrustations and/or accumulations of powdered material on this porous portion of the walls which delimit the micronization chamber 20a and in the areas adjacent to the micronization chamber 20a.
- F gaseous fluid
- the micronizer mill 20 of the micronization apparatus 10 of the invention comprises in addition to the inner micronization chamber 20a, of circular shape:
- a first wall 20e of annular shape, usually in Teflon, that separates the intermediate chamber 20d from the outer pressure chamber 20b;
- a second wall 20f of annular shape, that surrounds and externally delimits the inner micronization chamber 20a so as to separate the intermediate chamber 20d, of annular shape, from the inner micronization chamber 20a, of circular shape.
- intermediate chamber 20d is provided in order to be fed by the gaseous fluid F aimed at traversing the porous portion of the walls that delimit the micronization chamber 20a, and
- the second wall 20f of annular shape, that surrounds and delimits externally the inner micronization chamber 20a and separates it from the intermediate chamber 20d, has this porous or filtering portion provided in order to traversed by the fluid F, as indicated by a plurality of arrows fl in Fig. 3, so as to avoid, during use and functioning of the micronization apparatus 10, the formation of incrustations and/or accumulations of powdered material inside the micronization chamber 20a.
- the gaseous fluid F which flows through the porous portion of the annular wall 20f which separates the intermediate chamber 20d from the micronization chamber 20a accesses from the outside the intermediate chamber 20d via an inlet duct 21 which extends through the outer casing, denoted by 20g, of the micronizer mill 20.
- this regular flow of the gaseous fluid F which traverses the porous wall 20f in fact has the effect of preventing in time, that is during the use of the micronization apparatus 10, the powdered material, which is subjected to the micronization process, from depositing or accumulating on the walls of the micronization chamber 20a of the micronizer mill 20 and in the areas adjacent to the this micronization chamber 20a, as instead usually or at least often takes place in conventional jet mills.
- the pressure PI of the gaseous fluid F, present in the intermediate chamber 20d is higher than the pressure P2, present in the peripheral area of the micronization chamber 20a or in the immediate vicinity of the porous wall 20f, so that the gaseous fluid F is induced to flow through the porous wall 20f by a difference in pressure equal to (P1-P2) which corresponds also to the drop in pressure undergone by the same gaseous fluid F while it traverses the thickness S of this porous wall 20f.
- this flow of fluid F through the porous wall 20f can be induced by a pressure PI, of the fluid F, present in the intermediate chamber 20d, equal for example to 10 ata, that is 10 kg/cm 2 and by a pressure P2, present in the peripheral area of the micronization chamber 20a that is in the immediate vicinity of the porous wall 20f, slightly higher than the P3 one, usually equal to atmospheric pressure and in any case relatively low, present in the central area 20a' of the micronization chamber 20a, where the micronized powder P' is collected.
- a pressure PI of the fluid F
- this material is suitable for being advantageously used, taking account of its specific features and technical properties, to make the porous wall 20f of the micronization apparatus 10, and for example to make a micronization apparatus according to the invention wherein the gaseous fluid F is subjected to a condition of relative pressure of only 20 mbar in the micronization chamber 20a, in order to generate the flow of the gaseous fluid F through this porous wall 20f.
- PTFE that is to say Teflon
- Teflon appears to be the best choice for making the porous wall, being above all a material that is easy to work, adapt and model and moreover compatible with the needs and requirements posed by the technology of micronization of powdered material.
- this material can for example have a porosity of approximately 1-3 microns.
- HDPE high density polyethylene
- the wall 20f can also be made, exploiting some recent developments in the technology of materials and of components, with a material that is not exactly porous, that is having a structure, made with a non-porous material, which is characterised by a system of micro-cavities, very fine, in communication one with the other, which allow the passage of the fluid F through the wall 20f and make it therefore functionally equivalent to a porous or filtering wall made with a porous material.
- diameter D of the micronization chamber 20a 100 - 300 mm.
- the micronization apparatus 10 includes a micronizer mill 20 with a micronization chamber 20a having a diameter of 100 mm and delimited laterally by a cylindrical ring just over 1 cm high, it is obtained that the surface of this ring, which corresponds to the porous wall 20f which is traversed by the gaseous fluid F, is equal to approximately 50 cm ā .
- the flow of grinding gas A aimed at generating the fluid jets G with high energy is equal to 800 litres/minute and takes place at approximately 7 bar of relative pressure with respect to the atmospheric pressure
- the flow of the gas F which traverses the porous wall 20f of the cylindrical ring to reach the grinding chamber 20b has to have a flow of at least one tenth and that is equal to approximately 100 litres/minute, which corresponds, taking account of the fact that the surface of the cylindrical ring or of the porous wall is approximately 50 cm ā , to a flow or to a flow rate of the gas F through this ring of approximately 2 litres per cm ā and minute.
- the present invention achieves in full the objects that had been set, and in particular provides a new micronization apparatus or plant, of the type comprising a micronization mill with high-energy jets, which has significant improvements and better performances with respect to the apparatuses, currently known and in use, for the micronization of powders such as those typically intended to be used in the pharmaceutical industry, and which in particular is apt to avoid the formation of irksome and damaging incrustations inside the high-energy jets micronization mill which is included in the micronization apparatus.
- micronization apparatus of the invention has not presented, even after prolonged use, accumulations of powdered material in those critical areas, such as for example the area of the classifier, which in the prior art are instead often affected by this disadvantage and problem.
- the porous portion which is associated with the walls that delimit the micronization chamber 20a of the micronizer mill 20 and that is apt to be traversed by the fluid F, can assume various configurations, or be associated with different areas of the walls that delimit the micronization chamber 20a and for example be associated with the respective base wall, in order to avoid the formation of incrustations of powdered material inside the same micronization chamber 20a.
- the base wall of the micronization chamber can be associated with a cavity which receives from the outside the fluid F which is intended to flow through this base wall, so as to avoid that in time deposits and incrustations of powdered material are formed thereon.
- the porous portion can also be associated, as well as with the lateral annular wall and/or the lower base wall, also with the upper wall, opposite to the base one, of the micronization chamber.
- this porous portion can be formed in any area of the walls that delimit the micronization chamber, in which, as ascertained experimentally and through the effect of the particular fluid dynamic conditions present in the same micronization chamber, deposits and incrustations of the powdered material tend to form.
- the apparatus of the invention for the micronization of a material or of a powdered product, is able to ensure and guarantee, unlike those already known, a total absence, during use, of incrustations and/or deposits of powdered material on the walls of the same inner micronization chamber.
- porous portion can be formed in any area, considered appropriate, of the walls of the inner micronization chamber, will not be shown in the drawings, being implicit or obviously inferable from the embodiment 10, described previously, of the apparatus of the invention for the micronization of a powdered material.
- the gaseous fluid A that feeds the outer pressure chamber 20b to generate the high-energy jets G in the micronization chamber 20a, the gaseous fluid B that feeds the feed duct 30a to draw the powder P to be micronized into the micronization chamber 20a, and the fluid F that feeds the intermediate chamber or annular cavity 20d to generate the flow towards the micronization chamber 20a through the porous portion 20f of the walls that delimit the same micronization chamber 20a, can be different one from the other, this possibility being in particular allowed by the fact that the pressure chamber 20b and the cavity 20d are separate and distinct one from the other and are associated with respective systems for feeding of the gaseous fluid, also distinct one from the other.
- the fluid F that feeds the cavity 20d could be constituted by nitrogen or air, like the fluid A that feeds the outer pressure chamber 20b.
- the preferred solution appears to be that of adopting the same type of fluid, in particular air or nitrogen, for the two fluids A and F.
- nitrogen being an inert gas
- the preferred and elective gaseous fluid A for the generation of high-energy gaseous jets and therefore for performing the micronization of the powdered material is to be considered, precisely on account of this property thereof of being inert and therefore of not participating in chemical reactions, the preferred and elective gaseous fluid A for the generation of high-energy gaseous jets and therefore for performing the micronization of the powdered material.
- air in turn also appears to be a very suitable gas for being used to flow through the porous wall and therefore prevent the formation of incrustations.
- Fig. 4 illustrates an interesting improvement of the micronization apparatus of the invention including a control circuit, denoted overall by 50, apt to control the flow of the second gaseous fluid F through the porous wall 20f and in particular comprising an electronic control unit 51 and a pressure sensor 52, placed inside the micronization chamber 20b of the micronizer mill 20, having the function of detecting the pressure present inside the respective micronization chamber 20a.
- a control circuit denoted overall by 50, apt to control the flow of the second gaseous fluid F through the porous wall 20f and in particular comprising an electronic control unit 51 and a pressure sensor 52, placed inside the micronization chamber 20b of the micronizer mill 20, having the function of detecting the pressure present inside the respective micronization chamber 20a.
- control unit 51 receives from the pressure sensor 52 a signal S 1 indicating the pressure present inside the micronization chamber 20b and generates a corresponding signal S2 aimed at controlling a pump 53 that feeds the fluid F, at an appropriate rate and pressure, to the cavity 20d so as to keep under control, that is in accordance with a preset trend, the pressure inside the micronization chamber 20b and therefore also the flow of the fluid F that traverses the porous wall 20f.
- FIG. 6 and the photos of Figs. 6A-6C refer to a further variant, denoted overall by 110, of the micronization apparatus of the invention, in which the parts and the features corresponding to those of the preferred embodiment 10, described previously, are indicated for reasons of clarity with reference numerals incremented by 100 with respect to those of this previous embodiment 10.
- the micronizer mill 120 included in the apparatus 110 for the micronization of a powdered material or product, comprises as well as the inner micronization chamber 120a, of circular shape, and alternatively to the pressure chamber 20b, included in the embodiment 10:
- a system of channels or ducts denoted overall by 120b, apt to be fed by the first gaseous fluid A, pressurised, wherein this system of channels 120b has an annular configuration around the inner micronization chamber 120a and comprises in turn an outer channel 120b', with ring shape, and a plurality of channels 120c, connected at one end to the outer annular channel 120b' having the function of conveying the first gaseous fluid A, pressurised, inside the inner micronization chamber 120a, so as to generate the high-energy jets G that cause the micronization of the powdered material P.
- micronizer mill 120 of the micronization apparatus 110 comprises, similarly to the micronizer mill 20 of the micronization apparatus 10:
- a wall 120f of annular shape, that surrounds and externally delimits the inner micronization chamber 120a and separates the intermediate chamber 120d, of annular shape, from the inner micronization chamber 120a, of circular shape, of the micronizer mill 120;
- this wall 120f of annular shape, which delimits the inner micronization chamber 120a, has the porous or filtering portion through which the second gaseous fluid F flows, having the function of avoiding the formation of incrustations and/or accumulations of powdered material inside the micronization chamber 120a and in the adjacent areas.
- the channels 120c that convey and feed the first gaseous fluid A, pressurised, to the inner micronization chamber 120a can be integrated, similarly to the channels or through holes 20c included in the embodiment 10 and shown in Fig. 2, in actual nozzles, each one provided with a respective metal body which extends through the wall 120e that delimits externally the intermediate chamber 120d and the wall 120f that delimits the micronization chamber 120a.
- This possible improvement on the basis of which the gaseous fluid that generates the high-energy jets is used at a relatively low temperature has the advantage of controlling the temperature inside the micronization chamber in order to allow the grinding or micronization of active substances in cryogenic or cold conditions, when this is required for reasons of chemical and physical stability or to facilitate and improve the same process of micronization, acting on the features of hardness, influenced by the cold, of the particles to be micronized.
- the two gaseous fluids in particular nitrogen and air, provided to generate the high-energy gaseous jets aimed at micronizing the powdered material and to traverse the porous wall so as to avoid the formation of incrustations inside the micronizer mill, are used in cryogenic function, that is to control the temperature inside the micronization chamber of the micronizer mill, so as to improve and optimise the process of micronization in particular as regards the quality of the micronized end product and the capacity of the micronization apparatus to avoid and contrast the formation in time of incrustations.
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